# 1986–87 Segunda División

The 1986–87 Segunda División season saw 18 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league.
It was the longest season ever in Spanish football. The league was reduced to 18 teams and had two phases. In the first one all 18 teams played each other twice (home and away). At the end of the first phase, the first twelve teams qualified for promotion groups (Group A1 for teams that finished in an odd position and Group A2 for teams that finished in an even position) and the last six qualified for the relegation group (Group B). In the second phase, teams played only against teams of the same group twice (home and away) and carried their first phase record. Champions of promotion groups (Valencia CF and Celta de Vigo) and the best second placed team (CD Logroñés) were promoted to Primera División. The last three in the relegation group should have been relegated at the end of the season, but in the middle of the season it was decided that Primera División and Segunda División would be expanded to 20 teams. Finally, there were no relegations to Segunda División B.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Barcelona Atlètic | Barcelona | Mini Estadi |
| Bilbao Athletic | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Cartagena FC | Cartagena | El Almarjal |
| CD Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Castilla CF | Madrid | Ciudad Deportiva |
| RC Celta de Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Elche CF | Elche | Nuevo Estadio |
| UE Figueres | Figueres | Vilatenim |
| Hércules CF | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| CD Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| CD Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Real Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Recreativo de Huelva | Huelva | Colombino |
| Sestao Sport | Sestao | Las Llanas |
| Valencia CF | Valencia | Luis Casanova |
| Xerez CD | Jerez de la Frontera | Domecq |

## First phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia CF | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 46 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 2 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 43 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 3 | CD Logroñés | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 41 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 4 | Celta de Vigo | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 40 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 5 | Recreativo de Huelva | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 39 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 6 | Sestao | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 38 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 7 | Elche CF | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 36 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 35 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 9 | Bilbao Athletic | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 35 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 10 | CD Castellón | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 34 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 11 | Hércules CF | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 32 | Group A1 (Promotion) |
| 12 | CD Málaga | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 32 | Group A2 (Promotion) |
| 13 | Barcelona Atlètic | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 32 | Group B (Relegation) |
| 14 | Real Oviedo | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 30 | Group B (Relegation) |
| 15 | UE Figueres | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 29 | Group B (Relegation) |
| 16 | Cartagena FC | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 27 | Group B (Relegation) |
| 17 | Castilla CF | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 24 | Group B (Relegation) |
| 18 | Xerez CD | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 58 | −37 | 19 | Group B (Relegation) |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIL | CAR | CAS | CST | CEL | DEP | ELC | FIG | HÉR | LOG | MGA | OVI | RAY | REC | SES | VAL | XER |
| Barcelona At. | — | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Bilbao Ath. | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Cartagena | 2–0 | 2–4 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Castellón | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Castilla | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Celta | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Deportivo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Elche | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Figueres | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Hércules | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Logroñés | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Málaga | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| R. Oviedo | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Rayo | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Recreativo | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sestao Sport | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Valencia | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 |
| Xerez | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Second phase
### Group A1 (Promotion)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Valencia CF | 44 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 57 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | CD Logroñés | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 54 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 3 | Recreativo de Huelva | 44 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 50 | |
| 4 | Elche CF | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 48 | |
| 5 | Hércules CF | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 41 | |
| 6 | Bilbao Athletic | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 75 | −14 | 39 | |
* ↑ Valencia CF was declared champion of Segunda División for having a better record than Celta de Vigo.
* ↑ CD Logroñés was promoted to Primera División for having a better record than Sestao.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BIL | ELC | HÉR | LOG | REC | VAL |
| Bilbao Ath. | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Elche | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Hércules | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Logroñés | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Recreativo | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Valencia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |

### Group A2 (Promotion)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Celta de Vigo | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 54 | Promoted to Primera División |
| 2 | Sestao | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 52 | |
| 3 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 51 | |
| 4 | CD Castellón | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 44 | |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 44 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 41 | |
| 6 | CD Málaga | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 40 | |
* ↑ Valencia CF was declared champion of Segunda División for having a better record than Celta de Vigo.
* ↑ CD Logroñés was promoted to Primera División for having a better record than Sestao.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CAS | CEL | DEP | MGA | RAY | SES |
| Castellón | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Celta | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Málaga | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Rayo | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 0–2 |
| Sestao | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Group B (Relegation)

Since Primera and Segunda División would be expanded to 20 teams, no teams were relegated to Segunda División B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Barcelona Atlètic | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 42 |
| 2 | UE Figueres | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 42 |
| 3 | Cartagena FC | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 42 |
| 4 | Real Oviedo | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 40 |
| 5 | Castilla CF | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 33 |
| 6 | Xerez CD | 44 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 78 | −46 | 22 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | CAR | CST | FIG | OVI | XER |
| Barcelona At. | — | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Cartagena | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Castilla | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 |
| Figueres | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| R. Oviedo | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Xerez | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Pichichi Trophy for top goalscorers

Last updated June 21, 2009
| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
| Baltazar | 34 | Celta de Vigo |
| Noel Alzugaray | 24 | Recreativo de Huelva |
| Vicente Celeiro | 22 | Deportivo de La Coruña |